Eddie Dunbar

Cycling

BIOGRAPHY

Eddie Dunbar competed in the men’s road race at Tokyo 2020 In 2024. He claimed two stage wins at the Vuelta a España and won the Irish National Time Trial Championship in 2o24.

Dunbar began his professional career with Team Sky (later Ineos Grenadiers) in 2018 before joining Team Jayco AlUla in 2023. His performances in Grand Tours, including a seventh-place overall finish in the 2023 Giro d’Italia have made him one of Ireland’s leading road racers.

Eddie played rugby for Sundays Well in his youth and is the only two-time winner of the Junior Tour of Ireland.

His hometown in Cork has special Irish Olympic history as the birthplace of Pat O’Callaghan, a two-time gold medallist in hammer (1928, 1932).

Gender

Male

Discipline

Road Race

Date Of Birth

September 1, 1996

Hometown

Banteer, Co Cork

Games

Tokyo 2020

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